Cicero, Greek learning, and the making of a Roman classic / Caroline Bishop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Caroline (Classicist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Criticism and interpretation.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 359 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Contents:

Cicero's Intellectual Politics: Textual Production as a New Man p. 3

Greek Intellectual Culture and Roman Classicism p. 7

Graecus et scholasticus: Roman Ambivalence towards Greek Culture p. 16

Intellectual and Scholastic Culture in Republican Rome p. 26

Conclusion and Chapter Summary p. 34

1 Aratus p. 41

Cicero and the Virtues of Translation p. 43

Aratus' Phaenomena p. 50

The Phaenomena in Hellenistic Greece p. 59

Cicero's Aratea p. 68

2 Plato p. 85

The Features of Cicero's Plato p. 92

Plato in Philo's Academy p. 99

Plato in Antiochus' Academy p. 111

Scepticism and Syncretism in Cicero's Timaeus p. 118

3 Aristotle p. 129

The Features of Cicero's Aristotle p. 135

Aristotle, Philo, and in utramque partem Debate p. 143

Aristotle in Cicero's Rhetorical Works p. 157

4 Demosthenes p. 173

Demosthenes' Hellenistic Reputation p. 176

Demosthenes in Cicero's Early Career p. 186

Demosthenes, Tyranny, and Atticism in Cicero's Late Career p. 194

Brutus p. 197

De Optimo Genere Oratorum and Orator p. 206

The Philippics p. 211

Cicero and the World of Greek Letters p. 224

Greek (and Roman) Epistolary Theory p. 227

Greek Letter Collections p. 237

Cicero's (Planned) Letter Collection p. 244

6 Cicero p. 259

Modelling Reception in the Philosophical Dialogues p. 261

Hellenistic Philosophy and Roman Poetry in the Philosophical Dialogues p. 267

The Aratea in De Natura Deorum p. 275

Cicero's Poetry in De Divinatione p. 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198829423

0198829426

OCLC:

1083187077